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leaked documents show that an investor–state dispute settlement mechanism is being negotiated for the TPPA...A similar mechanism in another treaty enabled Philip Morris Asia to sue the Australian Government over plain tobacco packaging.

Eight senators on Thursday let the country know there is going to be a fight over fast-track trade authority and the Trans-Pacific Partnership... In the case of big tobacco they use ISDS to challenge public health efforts around the globe.

opponents of free trade have beaten negotiators, arguing that it threatens countries’ sovereignty. Australia, for example, was sued by Philip Morris … “The way out is to make sure there are exclusions and opt-out clauses that allow a country to say: ‘it’

TRNN's Jessica Desvarieux speaks with National Nurses United nurses who met with Congressional lawmakers about ... health risks the TPP poses / BURGER: And we already know that under NAFTA... sued successfully the Australian government over their plain p

Leonard Nimoy died today ...John Oliver provided the macro example of how to talk to smokers... Christy Brown is the founder of the Institute for Healthy Air Water and Soil...Brown’s husband – Owsley Brown II – died in 2011 at age 68

He said the United States has managed to discourage the use of other harmful products like tobacco without stiff jail sentences...He touted his administration's push for a 12-country Trans-Pacific Partnership as a way to correct the labor and environmenta

The provision, an increasingly common feature of trade agreements, is called “Investor-State Dispute Settlement,” or ISDS. . . Philip Morris is trying to use ISDS to stop Uruguay... the only winners will be multinational corporations.

A meeting aimed at sealing a Pacific trade deal has been called for April, Mexico's economy minister said on Tuesday...29 mainly Republican lawmakers wrote to U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman on Feb. 20 warning against different treatment for tob

The tobacco giant Philip Morris Asia is currently using the ISDS mechanism to sue the Australian government for billions of dollars over its introduction of plain cigarette packaging laws. Simply put, ISDS provides a mechanism that allows corporations t